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As experienced personal injury lawyers, Ross & Hill begins every negligence case against a building owner by accessing all relevant public records involving the building and the owner of the building. The types of accidents for which building owners are responsible are stairway defects, ceiling collapses, slip and falls due to a water leak from defective pipes and trip and fall accidents either inside the building or outside the building on a cracked, broken, uneven or raised... sidewalk. The search for records includes a careful examination of the Department of Buildings records of violations issued to the defendant building owner and its agents. In typical trip and fall case involving a defective stairway or a broken sidewalk outside the building there may be records of prior violations or repair orders issued by one of New York City's agencies. There also may be permits on file for subsequent repairs and future repairs of a defective condition in the building or to repair a defective sidewalk outside the building. The existence of these records gives us potent ammunition against the building owner. It also helps us identify contractors who may also be liable for the trip and fall accident.

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First and foremost, Ross & Hill wishes everyone good health and safety during this pandemic. If you are a current client, please know that our law firm is taking all necessary steps to protect your best interests and will be continuing to work on your case even if there is a widespread shutdown. Courthouses have been operating in a limited capacity and are closed down for in-person appearances. We have been conducting all court ordered appearances online. To the extent Courts... continue with online appearances, Ross & Hill will do so as well. We of course must take measures to protect the safety of our employees and their families. As such, some of staff will be working from home during the pandemic. All in person visits and appointments can be rescheduled to a later time. This means that if you need to contact us, emails are preferred over phone calls. Again, we hope you and your family are staying safe and are doing well under the circumstances. Your lawyers, Ross & Hill

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Investigatory Litigation: What it is and why it is important Too many personal injury lawyers don’t investigate or fail to properly investigate new cases. Eager to take on every client, many lawyers advance cases prior to knowing whether they will be successful in court. They cross their fingers hoping the evidence they need to prove their client’s case will simply be handed over to them in the discovery phase of the lawsuit, the process of exchanging evidence which can so...metimes take place more than a year after the accident occurred. Top attorneys on the other hand are selective with their intake process and litigate only those that are properly vetted and investigated, a process known as Investigatory Litigation. Investigatory Litigation places an emphasis on obtaining the evidence required to prove another party was at fault for the accident, also known as proving the liability aspect of the case. Good firms investigate potential cases at the earliest possible stage. They conduct on-site inspections of the accident location to take pictures and measurements of the subject defective condition that may have caused or contributed to the plaintiff’s accident. The best firms take it a step further. For example, the law office of Ross & Hill is a reputable firm focused on Investigatory Litigation. Their attorneys have access to and are trained to use specific databases to uncover information. This differs from legal research which all lawyers are trained in and subscribe to legal search engines such as Westlaw or LexisNexis. The websites and information that Ross & Hill’s attorneys are trained in, most other firms have never heard of or if they have, do not know how to use them. You should ask your current personal injury attorneys whether they use the city’s open records database. If they look at you with a blank face or pivot away, that’s a red flag. As a potential client, you have endless options when choosing a personal injury attorney. Most firms hire investigators and field experts. Don’t settle for the bare minimum. Hire a law firm that has access to more. Hire a firm that focuses on Investigatory Litigation. The difference may make or break the outcome of your case.

In every multiple dwelling erected after April 18, 1929, every interior stair, fire-stair and fire-tower and every exterior stair in connection with any dwelling altered or erected after January 1, 1951, shall be provided with proper balustrades or railings and all such interior and exterior stairs shall be kept in good repair and free from any encumbrance. Every such stair, fire-stair and fire-tower more than three feet eight inches wide shall be provided with a handrail on each side. N.Y. Mult. Dwell. Law 52 (McKinney)

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